Improvement in cotton-presses



S' BOTON.

Patented Oct. 18, 1870.

te gite Letters Patent No. 108,320, dated OctoberlS, 1870.

llVl PROVEM ENT IN CQTTON-PRESSES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part; ofthesame.

Tc all whom it may concern Be it known ,that I, SINCLAIR BooroN, ofSeguin, in the county of 'Guadalupe and State of Texas,

have invented a new and improved Cotton-Press; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, und exact description th ereof,which will enable others skilled in the art torna-ke and use the saine,reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part oi thisspecification. f

Figure l represents a vertical longitudinal section of my improvedcotton-press.

Figure 2 is a Vertical transverse section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention pertains to improvements in hayand cotton-presses, andconsists in a certain construction and arrangement of parts, aslspecified in the claim, and as' described in connection with othersnecessary to make up the practicable and operative machine.

A in the drawing represents the stationary frame or hed on which myimproved press is supported.

B is the box or body of the press.

lt is supported by a vertical pin or arbor, .0, that projects from theframe A into the lower part of the box B, allowing the latter torevolved on or with said pin.

A stationary toothed wheel, D, is fitted upon the arbor C, its teethmeshingl into gear-wheels E lil, that are hung upon the lower ends ot'two vertical screws ll F. rlhese screws arearrnnged ou the oppositesides of the press, andare provided with right. and lefthaudscrew-threads," at their respective upper and lower ends.

They are hung in ears a a', that project from the press, and can revolvetherein.

'lhc toothed wheels E are loose upon the ,lower parts oi' the screws,but can he locked thereto by means of clutches l) b, which are operatedby a suitable lever, G.

H and l are the respective upper-and lower followers of the press.

They have projecting nuts c c, at the ends, that fit through slots inthe press, and that are held by the screws, as shown. i

The press has projecting loopsorl sockets'd, for the reception of leversJ, by means of which it may be turned.

Vhen by the lever J the press is revolved on lthe pivot C, the wheelsE-E being clutched, the screivs will both be revolved by the rolling ofthe wheels E on D, and 'will thereby impart vertical mot-ion in oppositedirections to thehuts of the two followers respectively. Thus bothfollowers Vwill be simultaneously rnoved toward each other for pressing,.and

vaway from each other forlliug thepress. -By this simultaneous movementsmuch time is saved, as the speed of operationis doubled.

The nutsc of the upper follower H are locked to the same by pins c,passing transversely through them, and through braces f, that may beusedl on said follower if. desired.

The sides of-`the press may, on the upper part of the same, be hinged,to facilitate lfilling and emptying, andcan be locked, for closing thepress,by cross beams L, or other fastenings.

Having thus described my invention,

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters atentl. The upper followerH, connected by removable pins c with the nuts c, substantially asherein shown and described, to be detachable, as specified.

2. The gear-wheels D E E, arbor G, clutches b, right and left-handscrews F F, ears a a, followers H and I, provided with nuts c c, and thebrac-es f, all constructed and arranged with reference Vto the caseprovided with hinged sides, as shown and described.

'lhe above specification of my invention signed by me this 17th day ofAugust, 1870.

SINGLAlR BOUTON.

lWitnesses Guo. W. MABEE, T. B. Moslima.

